Image to Colored Pencil Sketch Prompt

"Use the uploaded image as reference.
Illustration style: hand-drawn colored pencil illustration, clean line art with slightly rough pencil outlines, soft pastel coloring with increased brightness, lighter and more vivid color tones, enhanced saturation while staying natural, visible pencil strokes and gentle shading texture, warm and friendly tone, semi-cartoon realistic proportions, simple facial features with dot eyes and small smiles,flat yet detailed coloring, minimal shadows, soft highlights, storybook illustration feel, cozy and cheerful atmosphere, vibrant yet soft color palette, children-book/ lifestyle sketch style, high clarity, no realism, no photo texture."

A prompt for converting an uploaded image into a hand-drawn colored pencil illustration. It specifies clean line art, soft pastel coloring, enhanced saturation, visible pencil strokes, and a cozy, cheerful storybook illustration feel, explicitly rejecting realism and photo texture.

How to use this prompt

Copy the prompt above and paste it into an AI image generator such as Google Gemini (Nano Banana) or a similar tool. Replace any bracketed placeholders with your own details, then generate and refine the result.

This prompt is designed to work with a reference photo. Upload your own photo (only one you have the right to use) together with the prompt.

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